There’s always something to gossip about in Savannah, Georgia, and Reagan Summerside always seems to be in the middle of it. She’s busy enough running her consignment shop, The Prissy Fox, with her vivacious Auntie KiKi, but now the gossip—and the sales—are about to pick up after a gruesome discovery… Reagan’s messy divorce has left her with nothing but a run-down Victorian and a bunch of designer clothes. Strapped for cash, Reagan makes use of the two things she has left, turning the first floor of her home into a consignment shop and filling it with the remnants of her rich-wife wardrobe. Thanks to his cunning lawyer Walker Boone, her ex got everything else, including the Lexus—not to mention a young blond cupcake. When Reagan finds the cupcake dead in the Lexus, she’s determined to beat Boone to finding the murderer. As it turns out, the gossip fiends flooding Reagan’s shop will give her a lot more than just their unwanted clothes—they have information more precious than a vintage Louis Vuitton… Reagan Summerside is down on her luck, selling off her designer clothes to save the historic Savannah mansion she’s restoring, those being the only assets left from her failed marriage to real-estate agent Hollis. As she’s arranging the clothes, Hollis and the new wife, dubbed Cupcake by Reagan, stop by for the key to the Lexus Reagan once drove. Cupcake spots—and quickly buys—a pink chiffon frock to wear to that evening’s benefit gala. She also wears it to her death. Hollis is the prime suspect, and Reagan knows that, in the end, her beloved home will likely be the source of his lawyers fee. She decides to solve the murder herself, even as she’s starting up her consignment business and over the objections of Hollis, the lawyer, her aunt, and her mother. But Reagan blunders ahead, eventually turning up evidence of blackmail, potential suspects whom Cupcake had wronged, and simmering resentments among people she thought were friends. This first in a new series Brown, who also writes romances as Dianne Castell, should draw fans from both romance and cozy readers. --Karen Muller Blogcritic Author: Diane Morasco Brown's first cozy from Berkley Prime Crime was so delicious I thought it was a buttercream cupcake. A smiling Savannah salute, complete with frosty-cold martini and blue-cheese-stuffed olives. 

 Shine online magazine David Marshall James Mary Marks New York Journal of Books "Duffy Brown has created a delightful world filled with charm and humor and sprinkled with those wonderful Southern metaphors . . ." I work in a consignment shop and I looove Savannah and I have always loved mysteries. They say write what you know and the Consignment Shop Mysteries came to life. My books are all about fun. They are pour a martini and sit back and laugh kind of books. Iced Chiffon is Reagan Summerside coming off a rotten divorce. The only thing she got out of a seven year marriage was a house that needs rehabbing. She loves the house but now her ex is threatening to take that to pay his legal bills as he's been accused of murder. Reagan's says No Way and sets off to find the murderer herself and save the house she loves.  At the consignment shop, it's murder and mayhem for the ex, his Cupcake, the badass attorney. Holy mother in heaven!" My gaze landed on Cupcake, eyes wide open, and dead as Lincoln right there in Hollis's trunk. KiKi and I stared, neither of us breathing. KiKi finally whispered, "She doesn't look nearly as good in the pink chiffon as you do." "Maybe because she has blood in her hair and is rolled up in plastic like a hotdog in a bun." I made the sign of the cross for disrespecting the dead. "There is that." KiKi sounded faint and slowly slumped to the curb. "You wouldn't happen to have a martini in that purse of yours, would you?" Reagan's messy divorce has left her with nothing but a run-down Victorian and a bunch of designer clothes. Strapped for cash, Reagan makes use of the two things she has left, turning the first floor of her home into a consignment shop and filling it with the remnants of her rich-wife wardrobe. Thanks to his cunning lawyer, Walker Boone, her ex got everything else including the Lexus not t mention the cute blonde cupcake. When Reagan finds the blonde in the Lexus she's determined to beat Boone in finding the murderer. As it turns out the gossip fiends flooding Reagan's shop can give her a lot more than their unwanted clothes--they have information more precious than a vintage Louis Vuitton... Duffy Brown loves anything with a mystery. While other girls dreamed of dating Brad Pitt, Duffy longed to take Sherlock Holmes to the prom. She has two cats, Spooky and Dr. Watson, and works at a consignment shop when she’s not busy conjuring up who-done-it stories.  Used Book in Good Condition